Global Node modules not installing correctly. Command not found

Question

I am having a problem installing global node modules and everything I find online says the solve is just adding -g. Which is not the problem. I believe it\'s a linking issue

Answer 1

My npm couldn't find global packages as well. I did what Brad Parks suggested:

npm config set prefix /usr/local

Then I got a EACCES permissions error (DON'T USE sudo npm install -g ) and fixed it through the official npm docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally

1. On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations:

 mkdir ~/.npm-global

2. Configure npm to use the new directory path:

 npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

3. In your preferred text editor, open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line:

 export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH

4. On the command line, update your system variables:

 source ~/.profile

5. Then install a package globally and test it! For example:

npm install -g awsmobile-cli
awsmobile configure